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Bear attractants mixed in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, and used by outfitters and hunters across the U.S. and Canada.

Rated 4.6 out of 5 by 244 hunters on Amazon. Bear Hunting Magazine's Bernie Barringer starts every bait with Gold Rush.

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An 8 oz. bottle of Northwoods Gold Rush bear attractant
  • 4.6on Amazon, 244 reviews
  • 4.8at Cabela's and Bass Pro
  • 63dealers in 11 states and provinces
  • WImixed in Mineral Point, Wisconsin
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A hunter in camouflage kneeling beside a harvested black bear in summer woods, with two bottles of Northwoods spray scent

Proven to be an outfitter and hunter favorite.

Three Northwoods spray bottles

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The three products guides reach for when they open a site: Gold Rush for the grease, a spray for the trees, and a Super Sweet powder for the pile. Pick your spray scent and powder flavor.

  • Gold Rush, 8 oz.
  • Spray Scent, 32 oz., your choice
  • Super Sweet Powder, 8 oz., your choice

Build your kit

How hunters use it

Three places to put it, straight from the directions on the bottle. Read the how-to guides.

In the grease

Mix 1 to 2 oz. of Gold Rush into 5 gallons of fryer grease. The butterscotch aroma carries a long way and keeps bears coming back to the barrel.

Starting a bait with Gold Rush

Around the stand

Spray scent on the trees and brush around the site while you are in the stand. It works as an attractant and as a cover scent, in a streak out to 20 feet or as a mist.

Which scent, when

On the pile

Shake powder over the top of the bait, or work in a quarter to half a pound per 1,000 lbs. Hang a Power Block overhead for a scent pad that keeps building through rain and heat.

Super Sweet Powder

From the guides

I've been a bear guide for many years and two years ago I was introduced to Northwoods Bear Products. I have never used scents that did what they were advertised to do until now. Northwood's Gold Rush is the best attractant I've ever come across. The first initial test of Gold Rush, my cameras revealed that 13 different bears visited one bait site the first day. I was sold from that moment on. I contribute a large percentage of my hunter's success to Northwoods Bear Products.

Jim "Gibby" Gibson

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Where to buy

Northwoods products are on the shelf at 63 retailers across 11 states and provinces, and in the bait buckets of 108 outfitters and guide services.

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